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remember what ambassador stevens was trying to do and stand together. the middle east is crucial. we need to be tough there but we need to be smart and engaged. this discussion has been politicized. it hasn't been helpful or helped us get to the bottom of what happened. chris there were drones flying over benghazi during the hour when first the consulate and the annex, six or eight hours, were under attack. were the drones armed? >>guest: we find out, we will find out what happened and that information, if appropriate, will be revealed. i cannot comment on what i enjoy at this point. >>chris: you agree if they were armed they could have, without as panetta said, sending more troops into harm's way could have broken up the attack? >>guest: the crone assets we have are remarkable and they saved the lives of many americans while we have been getting the bad guys and i look forward to discussing this further when i have the information. >>chris: senator portman is another member of the armed services committee, what do you make of panetta saying we did not send troops right away you d
remember what ambassador stevens was trying to do and stand together. the middle east is crucial. we need to be tough there but we need to be smart and engaged. this discussion has been politicized. it hasn't been helpful or helped us get to the bottom of what happened. chris there were drones flying over benghazi during the hour when first the consulate and the annex, six or eight hours, were under attack. were the drones armed? >>guest: we find out, we will find out what happened and...
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ambassador chris stevens gets seriously heated. chris stevens gets seriously heated. details next. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning. i'm lynn berry. debate day in america. vice president joe biden and republican rival paul ryan prepare to square off tonight in kentucky. new poll numbers show the current vp has his work cut out for him. according to a new survey from the pew center, just 39% of voters like biden, 44% like ryan. the winner of tonight's debate, 40% of voters say ryan will come out on top while 34% think biden will prevail. nbc news's tracie potts joins us. >>> the pressure is definitely on vice president biden to turn things around. he's got the experience on the debate stage to do so, but as you saw in those numbers, it looks like the public is betting more on paul ryan. ryan took a bit of an excursion yesterday while he was practicing in florida saying that the vice president will probably come at me like a cannonball but that the obama record, as ryan put it, is his akil lee's heel. he's in kentucky, ryan is, after debate prep in flori
ambassador chris stevens gets seriously heated. chris stevens gets seriously heated. details next. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning. i'm lynn berry. debate day in america. vice president joe biden and republican rival paul ryan prepare to square off tonight in kentucky. new poll numbers show the current vp has his work cut out for him. according to a new survey from the pew center, just 39% of voters like biden, 44% like ryan. the winner of tonight's...
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local, the streets are calm as ambassador stevens says good night to a viz siing turkish diplomat. answer agent sees a large number of men flowing into the compound and immediately puts out on alarm. a security act hustles the ambassador and others to a bunker inside the residence. the attackers then spray diesel newly igniting the building, trapping the men inside, unable to see or breathe through the heavy smoke. they now know that one security agent escapes through a window. later the american security detail finds the body of shaun smith who died of smoke inhalation, but is unable to locate ambassador stevens and in fact does not find him until his body turns up hours later in a hospital after the staff there dials numbers on ambassador stevens' cell phone to identify him. survivors escape in an armored vehicle through heavy fire. as night goes on, a team of re-enforcements from the tripoli embassy arrive at the annex the survivors are evacuated on two charter flights over the next two hours. at today's hearings, led by house oversight committee darrell issa will testify that t
local, the streets are calm as ambassador stevens says good night to a viz siing turkish diplomat. answer agent sees a large number of men flowing into the compound and immediately puts out on alarm. a security act hustles the ambassador and others to a bunker inside the residence. the attackers then spray diesel newly igniting the building, trapping the men inside, unable to see or breathe through the heavy smoke. they now know that one security agent escapes through a window. later the...
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. >> one month ago tonight on the anniversary of 9/11, ambassador chris stevens and three other brave americans were killed in a terrorist attack in benghazi. wasn't this a massive intelligence failure, vice president biden? >> wherever the facts lead us, wherever they lead us, we will make clear to the american public because whatever mistakes were made will not be made again. >> this is becoming more troubling by the day. they first blame the youtube video, now they're trying to blame the romney/ryan ticket for making this an issue. >> with all due respect that's a bunch of malarkey. when there's a crisis we pull together as a nation. even before we knew what happened to the ambassador the governor was holding a press conference, holding a press conference. that's not presidential leadership. >> the debate moved from foreign policy to the 47%. >> it shouldn't be surprising for a guy who says 47% of the american people are unwilling to take responsibility for their own lies. my friend recently in a speech in washington said 30% of the american people are takers. these people are my m
. >> one month ago tonight on the anniversary of 9/11, ambassador chris stevens and three other brave americans were killed in a terrorist attack in benghazi. wasn't this a massive intelligence failure, vice president biden? >> wherever the facts lead us, wherever they lead us, we will make clear to the american public because whatever mistakes were made will not be made again. >> this is becoming more troubling by the day. they first blame the youtube video, now they're...
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chris stevens was one of our best. we lost three other brave americans. kimake absolutely two commitments to you and all the american people tonight. one, we will find and bring to justice the men who did this. and secondly, we will get to the bottom of it, and wherever the facts lead us, wherever they lead us, we will make clear to the american public because whatever mistakes were made will not be made again. when you are looking at a president, martha, it seems to me that you should take a look at his most important responsibility. that's caring for the national security of the country. the best way to do that is to take a look at how he has handled the issues of the day. on iraq, the president said he would end the war. governor romney said that was a tragic mistake, we should have left -- he ended it -- governor romney said that was a tragic mistake, we should have left 30,000 troops there. with regard to afghanistan, he said he will end the war in 2014. governor romney said we should not set a date number 1 and number 2, with regard to 2014 tdepends
chris stevens was one of our best. we lost three other brave americans. kimake absolutely two commitments to you and all the american people tonight. one, we will find and bring to justice the men who did this. and secondly, we will get to the bottom of it, and wherever the facts lead us, wherever they lead us, we will make clear to the american public because whatever mistakes were made will not be made again. when you are looking at a president, martha, it seems to me that you should take a...
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. >> well, now ambassador stevens, as you have heard, the father of ambassador stevens is saying, quote, it would really be abhorrent to make this into a campaign issue. it has to be objectively examined. it does not belong in the campaign arena. is the romney campaign wrong to politicize this while an investigation is ongoing? >> well, i think that when it comes to ambassador stevens' death all of us honor him for his service and his contribution to both our country and to what he did to help further the peace in libya. but what i think is an issue is this question of leadership and then how the events unfolded, what the white house did know, when it did know -- and when it knew it. so i think there's a separation. it's not necessarily about ambassador stevens but, in fact, about foreign policy and leadership and how this administration is handling the crisis that has stemmed from this internally. remember, richard, these were the same folks that came out and condemned anybody who suggested it was anything other than a video and now we're saying, hey, let's not talk about it. >> shawn
. >> well, now ambassador stevens, as you have heard, the father of ambassador stevens is saying, quote, it would really be abhorrent to make this into a campaign issue. it has to be objectively examined. it does not belong in the campaign arena. is the romney campaign wrong to politicize this while an investigation is ongoing? >> well, i think that when it comes to ambassador stevens' death all of us honor him for his service and his contribution to both our country and to what he...
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there are documents in the bedroom where ambassador stevens was staying. there are lots of documents and files in what appears to have been the security office for the mission. and among those files are records, sensitive records of administrative files, personnel files of libyans working with the americans, records of security protocols for what to do in case of emergency and even a very detailed itinerary of ambassador stevens' five-day trip along with cell phone numbers and names for a lot of the libyans he was trying to meet. >> i'm curious about one other thing, michael, that i know that you found. a document that indicated that americans at that mission in benghazi were discussing the possibility of an attack in early september. >> reporter: that's right. well, they were discussing the possibility of an attack as part of general security planning and precautions, but in a memo dated september 9th, two days before the attacks, they were working on a new security arrangement or a newly defined security arrangement with the militia that provided armed g
there are documents in the bedroom where ambassador stevens was staying. there are lots of documents and files in what appears to have been the security office for the mission. and among those files are records, sensitive records of administrative files, personnel files of libyans working with the americans, records of security protocols for what to do in case of emergency and even a very detailed itinerary of ambassador stevens' five-day trip along with cell phone numbers and names for a lot...
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>> chris stevens was one of our best. we will find and bring to justice the men who did this. we will get to the bottom of it and wherever the facts lead us, we will make clear, whatever mistakes were made will not be made again. you should take a look at his most important responsibility. that is caring for the national security of the country. take a look at how he has handled the issues of the day. on iraq, the president has said he would end the war. governor romney said that was a tragic mistake. we should have left 30,000 troops there. with regard to afghanistan, he said he will end the war in 2014. governor romney said we should not set a date. when it came to osama bin laden, the president, the first day in office, i was sitting with him in the oval office and he called in the cia, my highest priority is to get bin laden. prior to the election, governor romney was asked the question about how we would proceed. he did not understand it was more about restoring america's heart. if you do harm to america, we will track you to the gates of hell. the president of the united
>> chris stevens was one of our best. we will find and bring to justice the men who did this. we will get to the bottom of it and wherever the facts lead us, we will make clear, whatever mistakes were made will not be made again. you should take a look at his most important responsibility. that is caring for the national security of the country. take a look at how he has handled the issues of the day. on iraq, the president has said he would end the war. governor romney said that was a...
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joining me with reaction is fairest of them all, steven moore and the author of it's nut-cutting time. america. patrick dorenson. who spent more mony? who has more money? >> there is a candidate here trying to buy the election, it's barack obama. the thing that is so interesting about this, sean, is when republicans raised a lot of money, it's outramming in the press. we have to do something about it. have you seen any story when is obama raised $170 million? there is too much money in politics. >> sean: do you give any credence to the scandal? >> oh, maybe, who knows? in a presidential election, both sides will have things-- >>> it looks fishy. >> if it looks like hayare inviting foreign donations by opening up the web site. >> sean: they went $190 below the limit have you to report and soliciting in a way you don't have to give the codes. >> will rogers said, politics is getting so expensive tcosts a lot of money these days, just to get beat. this is a serious problem. when you look at what axlerod is saying they are desperate. they spent all summer and spring beating the daylights
joining me with reaction is fairest of them all, steven moore and the author of it's nut-cutting time. america. patrick dorenson. who spent more mony? who has more money? >> there is a candidate here trying to buy the election, it's barack obama. the thing that is so interesting about this, sean, is when republicans raised a lot of money, it's outramming in the press. we have to do something about it. have you seen any story when is obama raised $170 million? there is too much money in...
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issue like putting americans back to work bringing justice to those terrorists that killed ambassador stevens and three other americans last month. that is the task of the white house. >> september 11th 2012. an american ambassador murdered and three other americans killed. and a security request submitted four months earlier, denied after two bombings and fears of being killed expressed by ambassador stevens. and they had no intelligence requiring increased security. then the attack. obama and his administration with evidence piling up on barack obama. within hours of the attacks obama officials received numerous intelligence reports indicating the attacks were organized and al qaeda was involved. given occasions intercepted between al qaeda and libyan militants bragging about the attack. every sign pointed to terrorism. but for two long weeks obama and his team blamed a video. why? for political reasons. it was in obama's interests to not portray attacks as terrorism on the anniversary of the september 11th. intelligence was there. clear signs of terrorists but politics came forth. the evid
issue like putting americans back to work bringing justice to those terrorists that killed ambassador stevens and three other americans last month. that is the task of the white house. >> september 11th 2012. an american ambassador murdered and three other americans killed. and a security request submitted four months earlier, denied after two bombings and fears of being killed expressed by ambassador stevens. and they had no intelligence requiring increased security. then the attack....
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we ought to be acting in the spirit of ambassador stevens and pulling together. after 9/11 and this was a terrorist attack in libya. >> chris: senator wait, wait. >> get to the bottom of what happened. >> chris: it is a legitimate issue to discuss before an election when four americans were killed and there were questions of intelligence before and after the attack, is it not? >> it is a legitimate issue but every story leads to political commentary and trying to point fingers. after 9/11 we came together and there were a lot of questions that had to be answered. let's remember what ambassador stevens was trying to do and stand together because the middle east is crucial. we need to be tough you there but we need to be smart and engaged. this discussion has been politicized. it hasn't been helpful and hasn't helped us get to the bottom of what happened. >> chris: there were drones flying over benghazi at the time of the attack. were the drones armed? >> we are going to find that out. as you you mentioned i you sit on the the intelligence chitee committee and so d
we ought to be acting in the spirit of ambassador stevens and pulling together. after 9/11 and this was a terrorist attack in libya. >> chris: senator wait, wait. >> get to the bottom of what happened. >> chris: it is a legitimate issue to discuss before an election when four americans were killed and there were questions of intelligence before and after the attack, is it not? >> it is a legitimate issue but every story leads to political commentary and trying to point...
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it -- chris stevens was one of our best. we lost three other brave americans, and i can make absolutely two commitments to you and all the american people tonight. one, we will find and bring to justice the men who did this. and secondly, we will get to the bottom of it, and whatever, wherever the facts lead us, wherever they lead us, we will make clear to the american public because whatever mistakes are made will not be made again. when you're looking at a president, martha, it seems to me that you should take a look at his most important responsibility. that's caring for the national security of the country. and the best way to do that is take a look at how he's handled the issues of the day. on iraq the president said he would end the war. governor romney said that was a tragic mistake, we should have left 30 -- that he ended it. governor romney said we should have left 30,000 troops there. with regard to afghanistan, he said he will end the war in 2014. governor romney said we should not set a date, number one, and numb
it -- chris stevens was one of our best. we lost three other brave americans, and i can make absolutely two commitments to you and all the american people tonight. one, we will find and bring to justice the men who did this. and secondly, we will get to the bottom of it, and whatever, wherever the facts lead us, wherever they lead us, we will make clear to the american public because whatever mistakes are made will not be made again. when you're looking at a president, martha, it seems to me...
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ambassador chris stevens gets seriously heated. details next. good morning, everyone. i'm lynn berry. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> debate day in america. vice president joe biden and paul ryan prepare to square off tonight in kentucky. new poll numbers show the current vp has his work cut out for him. according to a new survey from the pugh center, 39% of registered voters view biden favorably. that's compared to 44% who favor ryan. when it comes to predicting the winner of tonight's debate, 40% of registered voters say ryan will come out on top. 34% think biden will prevail. nbc's tracie potts has a preview of tonight's debate. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the pressure is on vice president biden to try to turn things around after the presidential debate last week. he has the experience on the debate stage to do so. but as you saw in the numbers, it looks like the public is betting more on paul ryan. ryan took a bit of an exertion yesterday while he was practicing in florida saying that the vice president will probably come at me like a cannonball. bu
ambassador chris stevens gets seriously heated. details next. good morning, everyone. i'm lynn berry. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> debate day in america. vice president joe biden and paul ryan prepare to square off tonight in kentucky. new poll numbers show the current vp has his work cut out for him. according to a new survey from the pugh center, 39% of registered voters view biden favorably. that's compared to 44% who favor ryan. when it comes to predicting the...
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remember what ambassador stevens was trying to do and stand together. the middle east is crucial. we need to be tough there but we need to be smart and engaged. this discussion has been politicized. it hasn't been helpful or helped us get to the bottom of what happened. chris there were drones flying over benghazi during the hour when first the consulate and the annex, six or eight hours, were under attack. were the drones armed? >>guest: we find out, we will find out what happened and that information, if appropriate, will be revealed. i cannot comment on what i enjoy at this point. >>chris: you agree if they were armed they could have, without as panetta said, sending more troops into harm's way could have broken up the attack? >>guest: the crone assets we have are remarkable and they saved the lives of many americans while we have been getting the bad guys and i look forward to discussing this further when i have the information. >>chris: senator portman is another member of the armed services committee, what do you make of panetta saying we did not send troops right away you d
remember what ambassador stevens was trying to do and stand together. the middle east is crucial. we need to be tough there but we need to be smart and engaged. this discussion has been politicized. it hasn't been helpful or helped us get to the bottom of what happened. chris there were drones flying over benghazi during the hour when first the consulate and the annex, six or eight hours, were under attack. were the drones armed? >>guest: we find out, we will find out what happened and...
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ambassador stevens is pronounced dead at a local hospital. 2:00 a.m. american reenforcements arrive from tripoli and head to the annex. 4:00 a.m. the annex comes under mortar fire. former navy seals tyrone woods and glen dougherty are killed. soon after all of the main personnel evacuated the annex. former assistant secretary of defense and author of the book "into the fire" joins us. good evening, bing. >> good evening, greta. >> greta: i know you have been critical of how the government handled this. tell me. >> i think today a good a lot worse. the situation is very serious and most of the press doesn't want to touch it because many of them are cheerleaders for president obama. beyond that you valu have to lt what is going on and that is that president obama today said that he gave an order to everyone while the attack was going on to do everything they could to secure the personnel. that is really big because that means that those who were turning down ty woods when was asking for the help were going against the orders of the president of the unite
ambassador stevens is pronounced dead at a local hospital. 2:00 a.m. american reenforcements arrive from tripoli and head to the annex. 4:00 a.m. the annex comes under mortar fire. former navy seals tyrone woods and glen dougherty are killed. soon after all of the main personnel evacuated the annex. former assistant secretary of defense and author of the book "into the fire" joins us. good evening, bing. >> good evening, greta. >> greta: i know you have been critical of...
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chris stevens was one of the best and three other brave americans. i can make two commitments to you and the american people tonight. one, we'll find and bring to justice the men who did this, and secondly, we'll get to the bottom of this, and wherever the facts lead us, whrfer they lead us, we'll make clear to the american public, whatever mistakes were made, will not be made again. martha, it seems to me, look at a president's most important responsibility, caring for the national security of the country. take a look at how he's handled the issues of the day. on iraq, the president said he'd end the war. governor romney said it was a tragic mistake. we -- ended it, governor romney said it was a mistake and should have left 30,000 troops there. with regard to afghanistan, he'll end the war in 2014. governor romney said we should not set a date number one, and number two, with regard to 2014, it depends. when it came to osama bin laden, the president, first day in office, sitting with him in the oval office, and he said the highest priority is to get
chris stevens was one of the best and three other brave americans. i can make two commitments to you and the american people tonight. one, we'll find and bring to justice the men who did this, and secondly, we'll get to the bottom of this, and wherever the facts lead us, whrfer they lead us, we'll make clear to the american public, whatever mistakes were made, will not be made again. martha, it seems to me, look at a president's most important responsibility, caring for the national security of...
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and fears of being killed, expressionsed by ambassador stevens himself. yet president obama's officials insisted they had no actionable intelligence requiring increased security. then, the attack. and obama and his administration wouldn't call it terrorism for 14 days. but the evidence is piling up on barack obama. within hours of the attacks, obama officials received numerous intelligence reports indicating the attacks were organized and al qaeda was involved. communications intercepted between al qaeda and libyan militants, bragging about the attack. every sign pointed to terrorism. but for two long weeks, obama and his team blamed... a video. why? for political reasons. it was in obama's interest to not portray the attack as terrorism on the anniversary of 9/11. the intelligence was there. clear signs of rich, but campaign politics came first. the evidence is mounting as more questions arise, what did this president know? and when did he know it? >> sean: pretty serious. what's more important, big bird or -- let's see, security requests denied, lies th
and fears of being killed, expressionsed by ambassador stevens himself. yet president obama's officials insisted they had no actionable intelligence requiring increased security. then, the attack. and obama and his administration wouldn't call it terrorism for 14 days. but the evidence is piling up on barack obama. within hours of the attacks, obama officials received numerous intelligence reports indicating the attacks were organized and al qaeda was involved. communications intercepted...
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carney fielded a barrage of questions about the attack in libya that ended in the death of ambassador stevens and three other americans. they pressed mr. carney on why it's taken so long to get definitive answers. >> reporter: how is it determined to use these assessments, preliminary or not, even though they turn out to be wrong? isn't there some concern -- >> we live in a society that values transparency. this is an administration that values transparency. we had a -- we had -- >> reporter: for our benefit, even if they turned out to be wrong? >> the judgment you're making. what we are saying is when asked what happened, we gave our assessments based on the information we had at the time. >> and the silver fox joins us now live from the white house. mike, despite carney repeating his assertion the administration divulged details of this attack as they came in, why were reporters like yourself not prepared to buy it? >> reporter: well, i think most people are willing to stipulate to places like benghazi are very dangerous areas, our foreign service and diplomat corps is always operating unde
carney fielded a barrage of questions about the attack in libya that ended in the death of ambassador stevens and three other americans. they pressed mr. carney on why it's taken so long to get definitive answers. >> reporter: how is it determined to use these assessments, preliminary or not, even though they turn out to be wrong? isn't there some concern -- >> we live in a society that values transparency. this is an administration that values transparency. we had a -- we had --...
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california's tax board says singer dionne warwick and steven is he gal are the top 500 people pay owing the most taxes. warwick owes 2.6 million while is he gal oes 350,000. >>> finally, talent must run in the family. according to ancestry.com justin bieber is a relative of ryan gosselin. their family links date back 400 years back to the earliest settlers. i promise i did not make this up. i do want to go to thanksgiving with them. >>> this comes to us from wtvj where former nba bad boy dennis rodman composed himself long enough for a special group of tea. he no longer dresses in drag but he shows he could still relate to the ladies. rodman was a special guest at a tea party hosted by a nonprofit at a new american girls store. he answered questions and advised the girls to keep failure out of their lives. >>> i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," your your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> it is 4:28. a live look tside. 50 degrees outside our studios. what you can expect today and through the weekend is coming up. >>> our adversaries are much more willing to test us
california's tax board says singer dionne warwick and steven is he gal are the top 500 people pay owing the most taxes. warwick owes 2.6 million while is he gal oes 350,000. >>> finally, talent must run in the family. according to ancestry.com justin bieber is a relative of ryan gosselin. their family links date back 400 years back to the earliest settlers. i promise i did not make this up. i do want to go to thanksgiving with them. >>> this comes to us from wtvj where former...
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ambassador chris stevens. lauren pope will serve as the senior envoy in libya, at least until a permanent one takes place. he's been retired for 12 years. he speaks arabic. he's a 31-year veteran of the foreign services. ambassador stevens was killed along with three other americans in the 9-11 assault on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. and the news of ambassador's temporary replacement comes a day after house hearings into what intelligence and security failures may have led up to that attack. katherine herrage is live in washington. there is new fallout from the hearing, it's my understanding. >> that's right. the hearing a state department witnessed showing a map of the consulate during their opening statement, just over their shoulder. both of these were hit on 9-11, but fox news is told that the government oversite committee was instructed not to publicly discuss the annex and reports that the c.i.a. worked there, prompting this response. >> i believe it to be classified information that goes to sources a
ambassador chris stevens. lauren pope will serve as the senior envoy in libya, at least until a permanent one takes place. he's been retired for 12 years. he speaks arabic. he's a 31-year veteran of the foreign services. ambassador stevens was killed along with three other americans in the 9-11 assault on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. and the news of ambassador's temporary replacement comes a day after house hearings into what intelligence and security failures may have led up to that attack....
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ambassador to libya, chris stevens, the first ambassador to be murdered since 1979, 33 years ago. >> charlene lamb, the state deputy assistant secretary, testified that she and the department did not support the request for more security. according to lamb, given the information available, the number of security agents, called assets, was adequate. >> we had the correct number of assets in benghazi. >> as to the number of assets, chairman ice issa said this. people are in the hospital recovering because it only took moments to breach that facility somehow doesn't seem to ring true to the american people. >> the chairman's point was reinforced this week by the dozens of heavily armed men. >> question. given the facts that have come out since the september 11th benghazi attacks, can it be sad with certainty that there was adequate forewarning of the security gaps but inadequate follow through by the department of state mort? >> that is the only conclusion you can take from it. plenty of warning, they wanted more police protection for the embassy and it was not given. in fact they had v
ambassador to libya, chris stevens, the first ambassador to be murdered since 1979, 33 years ago. >> charlene lamb, the state deputy assistant secretary, testified that she and the department did not support the request for more security. according to lamb, given the information available, the number of security agents, called assets, was adequate. >> we had the correct number of assets in benghazi. >> as to the number of assets, chairman ice issa said this. people are in the...
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california's tax board says singer dionne warwick and actor steven seagal are among the top 500 people and businesses owing the most unpaid state taxes. the agency says warwick owes california $2.6 million while seagal owes nearly $350,000. >> a couple more songs coming out. >>> and finally, talent must run in the family. according to ancestry.com justin bieber is a distant cousin to my guy, ryan gosling and celine dion. according to the site their family link dates back to some 400 years to quebec's earliest settlers. >>> and this comes to us from wtvj nbc 6 in miami where former nba bad boy dennis rodman composed himself long enough for a special group of tea. the retired all-star no longer dresses in drag but did show he could relate to the ladies, still. rodman was a special guest at a tea party hosted by a nonprofit at a new american girls store. he answered questions and then advised the girls to keep failure out of their lives. good advice. >>> i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> in egypt one of the world's seven wonde
california's tax board says singer dionne warwick and actor steven seagal are among the top 500 people and businesses owing the most unpaid state taxes. the agency says warwick owes california $2.6 million while seagal owes nearly $350,000. >> a couple more songs coming out. >>> and finally, talent must run in the family. according to ancestry.com justin bieber is a distant cousin to my guy, ryan gosling and celine dion. according to the site their family link dates back to some...
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ambassador chris stevens and three others. but republicans at the house hearing charged the obama state department showed a lack of concern last summer after u.s. facilities in benghazi were attacked twice. >> i believe personally with more assets and more resources just meeting the minimum standards, we could have and should have saved the life of ambassador stevens and the other people that were there. >> reporter: one of the witnesses agreed. lieutenant colonel andrew wood ran embassy security until august. >> the situation remained uncertain and reports from some libyans indicated it was getting worse. >> reporter: just five u.s. agents protected the main u.s. compound. staffers recommended more. >> there wasn't sufficient resources provided. >> that was one of the main reasons i continued to ask for those resources, yes. >> reporter: but back in washington, deputy assistant secretary of state charlene lamb said no. >> sir, we had the correct number of assets in benghazi at the time of 9/11 for what had been agreed upon. >
ambassador chris stevens and three others. but republicans at the house hearing charged the obama state department showed a lack of concern last summer after u.s. facilities in benghazi were attacked twice. >> i believe personally with more assets and more resources just meeting the minimum standards, we could have and should have saved the life of ambassador stevens and the other people that were there. >> reporter: one of the witnesses agreed. lieutenant colonel andrew wood ran...